Story: Tītī − muttonbirding

More links and websites

• Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu – four specific sites

  The Ngāi Tahu website includes information about cultural redress under the terms of the Crown settlement offer. Among the four specific sites discussed on this page are the Crown Tītī Islands.

• The tītī project

  The website of the research project that aims to assess the sustainability of traditional muttonbirding by Rakiura Māori.

• Tītī, the sooty shearwater

  On the New Zealand birds website, this page has a descriptive account and photographs of muttonbirds.

More suggestions and sources

• Anderson, A. ‘Historical and archaeological aspects of muttonbirding in New Zealand.’ New Zealand Journal of Archaeology 6 (1997): 35–55.
• Lyver, P. O'B., and H. Moller. ‘Modern technology and customary use of wildlife: the harvest of sooty shearwater (Puffinus griseus) by Rakiura Maori as a case study.’ Environmental Conservation 26, no. 4 (1999): 280–288.
• Lyver, P. O'B., H. Moller, and C. Thompson. ‘Changes in sooty shearwater (Puffinus griseus) chick production and harvest precede ENSO events.’ Marine Ecology Progress Series 188 (1999): 237–248.
• Richdale, L. E. Maori and mutton-bird. Dunedin: Otago Daily Times and Witness Newspapers, 1946.
• Wilson, Eva. Titi heritage: the story of the Muttonbird Islands. Invercargill: Craig Print, 1979.